Trump called to the FIFA to review a football American player's sanction

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It's really weird that Democrats in this forum didn't bring this subject up considering it's an unacceptable behavior from a president of one of the host countries of the FIFA World Cup.


I know Americans don't give a shit about football, so-called soccer by them, so I'll give a short explanation of what happened.


Balogun, an American footballer, was red-carded in the match against Bosnia-Herzegovina, so that means he wasn't going to be in the next match against Belgium. If you don't know, Balogun is among the best footballers in the US, so it could have been an important loss.


Here it is where Trump got in action. He made a call to Infantino, the FIFA president, to reconsider the sanction. Next day, Balogun was all of a sudden able to play in the match. Of course, the Belgian team called out the FIFA for the decision, but the best way they found to speak out was humilliating the US team in the field. Belgium defeated the US by a large margin, four goals no less.


I can't defend what Trump did, and everybody knows the FIFA is a corruption nest. He's got to think it twice when trying to mix politics with sports, specially when it comes to the FIFA.

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@Misterio

What did the footballer do to get kicked out of the game?

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@Shoresy

He stepped on a defender's ankle. It wasn't on purpose but it's considered as a dangerous move anyway because it can injure the player seriously.

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@Misterio

It was an abuse of power on Trump's part. It was another demonstration that FIFA allows outside influences to affect what happens on the pitch. I was disappointed Balogun nor the US team didn't say 'thanks, but no thanks'. Not a shread of integrity to be found anywhere around this.


I cheered for Belgium.

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@SkepticalOne

You must be one of the few Americans that are aware of what is going in the World Cup. Lol.


Trump seems not to be conscious that football is a passion for the rest of the world. Everybody is right now outraged for what Trump and the FIFA did. This is not good for him and for his image around the world.

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@Misterio
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@SatanLucy
SatanLucy wrote:
Bosnia only lost cuz they were literally beating us up.

They kicked our goalkeeper in the eye, they did like 3 or 4 things which were supposed to get red card but no.

What do you mean by "us"? You're South Korean, not a yankee.

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@Misterio
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@SatanLucy


SatanLucy wrote:
What do you mean by "us"? You're South Korean

No, I am Bosnian. Now read again.

Your clothes are Bosnian. You're South Korean.

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@Misterio
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@SatanLucy

Would you prefer to be called an American soccer player that had your red card cancelled.

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